<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1293]]></link><description><![CDATA[Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1293</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[30,000 baby chicks were sent through a San Diego factory farm chipper by workers too tired to continue individual strangling.That ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/259]]></link><description><![CDATA[30,000 baby chicks were sent through a San Diego factory farm chipper by workers too tired to continue individual strangling.That made the chipper a chicker.. while the little drum with swirling knives into which some factories drop baby chicks is called an eviscerator.. and what is the namefor those tiny mouse sized guillotines Purina as owner of the magazine Lab Animal advertised for decapitationof captive expendable lab animals?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/259</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Profits are like breathing. You have to have them. But who would stay alive just to breathe? ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15781]]></link><description><![CDATA[Profits are like breathing. You have to have them. But who would stay alive just to breathe?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/15781</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A house is not a home. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19605]]></link><description><![CDATA[A house is not a home.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/19605</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chemists employed by the police can do remarkable things with blood. They can find it in shreds of cloth, in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41532]]></link><description><![CDATA[Chemists employed by the police can do remarkable things with blood. They can find it in shreds of cloth, in the interstices of floor boards, on the iron of a heel, and can measure it and swear to it and weave it into a rope to hang a man.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/41532</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I think if you're going to operate a motorcycle, two wheel vehicle or three wheel vehicle you out to be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35546]]></link><description><![CDATA[I think if you're going to operate a motorcycle, two wheel vehicle or three wheel vehicle you out to be insured just like I'm insured.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/35546</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52550]]></link><description><![CDATA[And if a man cause a blemish in his neighbour; as he hath done, so shall it be done to him; Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth: as he hath caused a blemish in a man, so shall it be done to him again.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/52550</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The basis for optimism is sheer terror. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45202]]></link><description><![CDATA[The basis for optimism is sheer terror.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The surest sign of age is loneliness. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27247]]></link><description><![CDATA[The surest sign of age is loneliness.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/27247</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[...tradition and custom becomes intertwined and are a strong coercion which directs the society upon fixed lines, and strangles liberty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47645]]></link><description><![CDATA[...tradition and custom becomes intertwined and are a strong coercion which directs the society upon fixed lines, and strangles liberty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47645</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ah! happy years! once more who would not be a boy! ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62563]]></link><description><![CDATA[Ah! happy years! once more who would not be a boy!]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62563</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is difficult to talk and to do yogic breathing exercisesat the same time. Kissing, talking, eating, breathing..must drive carefully ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/202]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is difficult to talk and to do yogic breathing exercisesat the same time. Kissing, talking, eating, breathing..must drive carefully in each others' corridors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/202</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Resignation is the timid sign of courage ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53940]]></link><description><![CDATA[Resignation is the timid sign of courage]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/53940</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Capitalism is Man Exploiting Man; Communism is just the opposite ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45128]]></link><description><![CDATA[Capitalism is Man Exploiting Man; Communism is just the opposite]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/45128</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65081]]></link><description><![CDATA[Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/65081</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth is a period of missed opportunities. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62583]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth is a period of missed opportunities.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/62583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17758]]></link><description><![CDATA[More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17758</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leonard and Ali made their mark on network television, the Olympics ? Ali on 'Wide World of Sports,' Sugar Ray ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30302]]></link><description><![CDATA[Leonard and Ali made their mark on network television, the Olympics ? Ali on 'Wide World of Sports,' Sugar Ray on ABC and so forth. By the time they were ready to go for the big bucks, they were household names. In this environment, it's much tougher.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30302</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51186]]></link><description><![CDATA[That which has been endured with difficulty is remedied with delight.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51186</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[God sendeth cold after clothes. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51918]]></link><description><![CDATA[God sendeth cold after clothes.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Joe had the opportunity to wrestle at 189, but for the sake of the team he wrestled at 215 so ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31520]]></link><description><![CDATA[Joe had the opportunity to wrestle at 189, but for the sake of the team he wrestled at 215 so a teammate could wrestle in the region. He could have had an easier time qualifying for the state at 189, but you have to admire someone who puts their teammates first.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/31520</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts, and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5823]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is the nature of ambition to make men liars and cheats, to hide the truth in their breasts, and show, like jugglers, another thing in their mouths.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/5823</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of Edward the Confessor, 1066   The trouble with nearly everybody who prays is that he says "Amen" ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7889]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of Edward the Confessor, 1066   The trouble with nearly everybody who prays is that he says "Amen" and runs away before God has a chance to reply. Listening to God is far more important than giving Him your ideas.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/7889</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is a program that's working. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28678]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is a program that's working.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/28678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We will go there with an extremely open mind. If they are really serious . . . we should be ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30095]]></link><description><![CDATA[We will go there with an extremely open mind. If they are really serious . . . we should be able to find an agreement without too much difficulty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/30095</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/356]]></link><description><![CDATA[Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/356</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man is the animal that intends to shoot himself out into interplanetary space, after having given up on the problem ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56926]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man is the animal that intends to shoot himself out into interplanetary space, after having given up on the problem of an efficient way to get himself five miles to work and back each day.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/56926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I woke up one morning thinking about wolves and realized that wolf packs function as families. Everyone has a role, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66197]]></link><description><![CDATA[I woke up one morning thinking about wolves and realized that wolf packs function as families. Everyone has a role, and if you act within the parameters of your role, the whole pack succeeds, and when that falls apart, so does the pack.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/66197</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[He is a dangerous fellow, keep clear of him. (That is: he has hay on his horns, showing he is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51976]]></link><description><![CDATA[He is a dangerous fellow, keep clear of him. (That is: he has hay on his horns, showing he is dangerous.) [Lat., Faenum habet in cornu, longe fuge.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/51976</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[This is about the tenth station I've come by. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32918]]></link><description><![CDATA[This is about the tenth station I've come by.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/32918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It's not often you get a tie in swimming. But it was a good meet. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39249]]></link><description><![CDATA[It's not often you get a tie in swimming. But it was a good meet.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/39249</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We had some bad turnovers and created some easy opportunities for them. The biggest thing in the fourth quarter is ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37678]]></link><description><![CDATA[We had some bad turnovers and created some easy opportunities for them. The biggest thing in the fourth quarter is we gave up way too many offensive rebounds.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/37678</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Always, your work is the same: You have to tell a story, you have to make a character. It doesn't ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34371]]></link><description><![CDATA[Always, your work is the same: You have to tell a story, you have to make a character. It doesn't matter if there are thousands of dollars, millions behind it, or if there is nothing.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/34371</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16970]]></link><description><![CDATA[Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/16970</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was a relief to hear because I thought Peter had been very faithful to the book. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29229]]></link><description><![CDATA[It was a relief to hear because I thought Peter had been very faithful to the book.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/29229</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48912]]></link><description><![CDATA[Things are worth what they will fetch at a sale.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/48912</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4872]]></link><description><![CDATA[What is bred in the bone will never come out of the flesh.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/4872</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The song on its mighty pinions Took every living soul, and lifted it gently to heaven. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57219]]></link><description><![CDATA[The song on its mighty pinions Took every living soul, and lifted it gently to heaven.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/57219</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[We all feel responsible to listen to the other three, ... We go by consensus. If we all agree, we ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42110]]></link><description><![CDATA[We all feel responsible to listen to the other three, ... We go by consensus. If we all agree, we know it's good.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest. [Ger., Die Menschen gehen wie Schiesskugeln weiter, wenn sie abgeglattet sind.] ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42]]></link><description><![CDATA[Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest. [Ger., Die Menschen gehen wie Schiesskugeln weiter, wenn sie abgeglattet sind.]]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/42</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46913]]></link><description><![CDATA[One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/46913</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When the people have no tyrant, their own public opinion becomes one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47258]]></link><description><![CDATA[When the people have no tyrant, their own public opinion becomes one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47258</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3278]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/3278</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My purpose is, indeed, a horse of that colour. -Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 3. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55747]]></link><description><![CDATA[My purpose is, indeed, a horse of that colour. -Twelfth Night. Act ii. Sc. 3.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/55747</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You can believe in God without believing in immortality, but it is hard to see how anyone can believe in ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17701]]></link><description><![CDATA[You can believe in God without believing in immortality, but it is hard to see how anyone can believe in immortality and not believe in God.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/17701</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12135]]></link><description><![CDATA[His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/12135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[At times we were criticized for doing too much slapstick. I don't believe in mild comedy, and neither does Lucy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33534]]></link><description><![CDATA[At times we were criticized for doing too much slapstick. I don't believe in mild comedy, and neither does Lucy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/33534</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[There is nothing so practical as a good theory ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47975]]></link><description><![CDATA[There is nothing so practical as a good theory]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/47975</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[As kids we're not taught how to deal with success; we're taught how to deal with failure. If at first ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64414]]></link><description><![CDATA[As kids we're not taught how to deal with success; we're taught how to deal with failure. If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. If at first you succeed, then what?]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/64414</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Feast of the Venerable Bede, Priest, Monk of Jarrow, Historian, 735 Commemoration of Aldhelm, Abbot of Mamsbury, Bishop of Sherborne, ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6225]]></link><description><![CDATA[Feast of the Venerable Bede, Priest, Monk of Jarrow, Historian, 735 Commemoration of Aldhelm, Abbot of Mamsbury, Bishop of Sherborne, 709  As we shared together our feelings about the study groups, we realised that we were not meeting together each week for an intellectual exercise: some thing very real and significant was taking place. We were coming to know that the Christian faith is not primarily an ethic; it is not the struggle to do good or be good, but an encounter with Christ, of which morality and ethical living are by-products.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/6225</guid></item></channel></rss>